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that is just healthcare. now the president is implementing his agenda. we will see that the benefits are far less than advertised. the costs of this agenda are huge. we spend when chilean dollars more than we take in each year. we cannot keep that up -- we spend $1 trillion more than we taken each year. we cannot keep that up. that is a moment where our economy stalls. we will have to convince the country to change course. we had to reform entitlements. we had to revisit the healthcare law. clearly president obama does not want us to get that chance. he want his last two years to look just like his first two years of his presidency. it was to perpetuate progressive government for at least a generation. why? he thinks it is the right and to do. to do that, he needs to delegitimize the republican party and house republicans, in particular. he will try to divide us. he will try to get us to fight with each other, question each other so we do not challenge him. if we play into his hands, we will betray the voters who supported us in the country that we serve
that is just healthcare. now the president is implementing his agenda. we will see that the benefits are far less than advertised. the costs of this agenda are huge. we spend when chilean dollars more than we take in each year. we cannot keep that up -- we spend $1 trillion more than we taken each year. we cannot keep that up. that is a moment where our economy stalls. we will have to convince the country to change course. we had to reform entitlements. we had to revisit the healthcare law....
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guest: it is hard to -- healthcare is an odd category. for most workers, it is paid for by your employer. you see a small share of the cost. others pay it out-of-pocket. for others, it is a government benefit. it shows up as government transfer payments. seeing how the affordable care act will work and affect these things, there is a lot we do not know. it was passed more than two years ago. we are just seeing how it will work and affect a lot of things in the economy. host: is this in your purview? guest: we only have data through 2012. it has been relatively little impact so far. we expect the numbers to show up more as we go into 2014. host: derek, minnesota, doing the same. caller: do you work for the government? are you independent? guest: i work for the government at the bureau of economic analysis as part of the department of congress. we put up economic statistics as our main business. caller: do you have relatives in there? host: your question? caller: what we are talking about today is how americans are doing financially. i look
guest: it is hard to -- healthcare is an odd category. for most workers, it is paid for by your employer. you see a small share of the cost. others pay it out-of-pocket. for others, it is a government benefit. it shows up as government transfer payments. seeing how the affordable care act will work and affect these things, there is a lot we do not know. it was passed more than two years ago. we are just seeing how it will work and affect a lot of things in the economy. host: is this in your...
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healthcare system. in 2008, americans made almost one billion office visits to the dr.. 50% were to primary care doctors. according to patrol -- access to primary health care results in better health outcome, reducing health disparities, and lower spending by reducing emergency room but when you get people to the dr. when they showed, they do not get sicker than they otherwise would be at great cost. the problem we are discussing is a national problem existing in 50 states and the country. it is even worse for particular geographic regions. the ratio of primary care doctors in urban areas is 100 per 100,000 people. double the ratio in rural communities where it is 46 per 100,000. urban communities have problems. rural communities have greater problems. 65% of primary health care a national shortage areas are in rural counties. my own state does better than the rest of the country in terms of primary health care providers per 100,000. i cannot tell you -- and vermont, people have difficulty getting to th
healthcare system. in 2008, americans made almost one billion office visits to the dr.. 50% were to primary care doctors. according to patrol -- access to primary health care results in better health outcome, reducing health disparities, and lower spending by reducing emergency room but when you get people to the dr. when they showed, they do not get sicker than they otherwise would be at great cost. the problem we are discussing is a national problem existing in 50 states and the country. it...
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today we come together to ask how congress and the healthcare community can work together to reimagine the medicare program to ensure that patients get both high-quality care, but also in a cost-effective way. we will hear about new payment models that will have timely performance information and also include physicians that are front lines in delivering care to the medicare population. physicians and others in the healthcare community understand the urgent need for reform and the urgent need to work together toward this. the ama and other organizations , 110 organizations in all have drafted a framework for what is needed and how we can come together to solve these issues. this framework outlines four elements essential in transitioning to a new care and payment delivery model and the principles of this framework include -- the development of models that reflect physician diversity and practice, geography specialty, one size will not fit all, models every war positions for innovation to improve the quality of care and lowers the rate by which costs grow, and thirdly, concrete ways to
today we come together to ask how congress and the healthcare community can work together to reimagine the medicare program to ensure that patients get both high-quality care, but also in a cost-effective way. we will hear about new payment models that will have timely performance information and also include physicians that are front lines in delivering care to the medicare population. physicians and others in the healthcare community understand the urgent need for reform and the urgent need...
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come this is how the healthcare law will impact you. we've got to do a better job -- how do we talk to hispanics about that? how do we talk to women about that? trusted messengers. that is the hard job. it is easy to blame things on that messaging. the challenge is getting better at it and really being committed to go to places where we need to take the message and truly doing it. you do not just do it every four years. you do it starting today, thinking about four years from now, and not just because we want somebody's vote. do it because it is the right thing. we truly believe the policies that we all talk about are actually better for everybody. that was one thing that was missing for this campaign. barack obama acted like he really believed in what he said. maybe not the first debate, but beyond that, where was the passion on our side? really standing up for what we believed in and willing to take it to the public and not laying it safe. i think we have played it safe a lot of places. the folks that went big turned out to be winners
come this is how the healthcare law will impact you. we've got to do a better job -- how do we talk to hispanics about that? how do we talk to women about that? trusted messengers. that is the hard job. it is easy to blame things on that messaging. the challenge is getting better at it and really being committed to go to places where we need to take the message and truly doing it. you do not just do it every four years. you do it starting today, thinking about four years from now, and not just...
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furthermore, the problem with healthcare -- they are telling me, your insurance does not have to pay that, but if somebody wants a different insurance policy, then the insurer has to pay for that. what is the difference? there is no difference. thank you. host: our next call, rafah in michigan. you're on the "washington journal." caller: i was wondering why it was that seized and played the clip on the right-to-life movement last week, but they called it the anti-abortion movement. the question i really have is if koreshan is a natural -- abortion is natural and acceptable, why is it never shown on tv? they have so many operations that they have. if it is so natural and people find it acceptable, why do not ever see it on tv? is there a problem with it? how old does a child have to be before it can be killed? do we do it like a duke in netherlands, up to two years old? host: we will leave it right there. we want to show you some of the white house briefing on friday where press secretary jay carney talked to the media about some of the positions the white house was proposing. >> the
furthermore, the problem with healthcare -- they are telling me, your insurance does not have to pay that, but if somebody wants a different insurance policy, then the insurer has to pay for that. what is the difference? there is no difference. thank you. host: our next call, rafah in michigan. you're on the "washington journal." caller: i was wondering why it was that seized and played the clip on the right-to-life movement last week, but they called it the anti-abortion movement....
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it includes more support for autism, early intervention services, piloting, 24-7 healthcare, increase in community-based services for the disabled and senior citizens. [applause] we have all been touched by the housing crisis over these last few years. thousands attended a free housing events in vegas want to buy our own department of business and industry called home means nevada. over 250 representatives from banks met with home owners and provided help on the spot. many received assistance that that event, but we must continue to do more. working with the attorney general, my administration will use these funds to assist those in nevada who have been hardest hit by the housing crisis. we are obligated as leaders to find ways to keep people live in their homes and families together . i would use every means at my disposal to help people to stay in their most important possession, their home. [applause] the recession has hurt the entire nevada family. state employees have seen their pay cut and they have been required to take unpaid furlough days. tonight, i am announcing that we wil
it includes more support for autism, early intervention services, piloting, 24-7 healthcare, increase in community-based services for the disabled and senior citizens. [applause] we have all been touched by the housing crisis over these last few years. thousands attended a free housing events in vegas want to buy our own department of business and industry called home means nevada. over 250 representatives from banks met with home owners and provided help on the spot. many received assistance...
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it was a for in part by tax increases and cuts in other government healthcare spending. it was not all on the revenue side. what i think is important is for the congressional budget office saying it reduce the deficit in the first decade, which is what they usually look at areas but if you look on the second decade, we think it will reduce the deficit and more. they were giving credit in thinking that it would slow the growth rate of some of the healthcare spending. that is an important point. >> let's switch to another passionate topic. education. quite a few questions from the audience on how much can we afford to fund and where should we be funding and investing in the educational system? should it be done on a national level or a state level? >> let's mix it up, you go first. >> i have read that test scores of american elementary and secondary educational students have not increased and the famous nation at risk report in the early 1980's. even though spending has increased dramatically. i question whether the solution to the problem is, let's take those systems and
it was a for in part by tax increases and cuts in other government healthcare spending. it was not all on the revenue side. what i think is important is for the congressional budget office saying it reduce the deficit in the first decade, which is what they usually look at areas but if you look on the second decade, we think it will reduce the deficit and more. they were giving credit in thinking that it would slow the growth rate of some of the healthcare spending. that is an important point....
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lyndon johnson has destroyed american healthcare, the health-care profession. i had a 450-pound man the other day telling me to f myself because i kept pressing him to become healthy. if he did, he would lose his social security disability income. the other day, mike i.t. employee, bright young kid, high-school graduate, just got himself $110,000 job -- my i.t. employee. got his home loan pulled because he had a squabble with a crooked builder. dropped the house, gave away his $1,000, but he built a house, and he cannot buy it because the bank tanked his loan. this guy is the most reliable thing you could ever imagine, and then we read that dodd-frank and obama would not allow it. do we have to find these stories where our own government is killing us every day? >> yes or no question, should we find those stories coming you guys? john, you want to start? >> sure, that is part of the way a leader sells its policies, through an illustrative anecdotes that seems to connect and resonate with people -- through illustrative anecdotes that seem to connect in resonate
lyndon johnson has destroyed american healthcare, the health-care profession. i had a 450-pound man the other day telling me to f myself because i kept pressing him to become healthy. if he did, he would lose his social security disability income. the other day, mike i.t. employee, bright young kid, high-school graduate, just got himself $110,000 job -- my i.t. employee. got his home loan pulled because he had a squabble with a crooked builder. dropped the house, gave away his $1,000, but he...
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one is focused on providing loans to small and midsized healthcare companies. then i started a company called capitalsource, which is a broad- based lender to small and midsized companies around the country. we have created several thousand jobs, helped thousands of businesses to grow. it is still a public company today and thriving. host: what is the background of a -- does the background of the cao -- ceo bring to congress? guest: i happened to be unique in owning public companies, but we have a different perspective on how the private sector works, what is needed to create jobs, the role of government and the private sector, and how they can come together to benefit citizens. if you go around the world and look at places where the economies are thriving, you see very good public/private harder ships and that is what i -- partnerships, and that is what i would like to work for. host: if you would like to talk, here are the numbers -- you are one of the wealthiest house members. how do you stay in touch with your constituents? guest: the one thing in life that
one is focused on providing loans to small and midsized healthcare companies. then i started a company called capitalsource, which is a broad- based lender to small and midsized companies around the country. we have created several thousand jobs, helped thousands of businesses to grow. it is still a public company today and thriving. host: what is the background of a -- does the background of the cao -- ceo bring to congress? guest: i happened to be unique in owning public companies, but we...
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they represent over 2 million workers and healthcare and property services. brandon leads the organization's lyrical program -- political program. prior to coming to sei you, he worked extensively on campaigns for victory. welcome, brandon. to his right, we have glenn caroline joining us from the national rifle association. in this capacity, he will implement their grassroots program as well as the association field operations, voter operations, and we're looking at all those levels. mr. caroline is responsible for the volunteer corps daters -- volunteer coordinators. glenn caroline has hired and train representatives, coordinating on the ground grassroots campaign across the country. welcome, glenn. we're going to follow follow the same format that we did before -- each panelist will have eight minutes to lay out for our discussion. then we will go to aq&a. >>;-) so much. -- thank you so much. in addition to serving, i am m.the league of conservation voters -- how do we do that? since 1970, we've been advocating for environmental policies and electing proenv
they represent over 2 million workers and healthcare and property services. brandon leads the organization's lyrical program -- political program. prior to coming to sei you, he worked extensively on campaigns for victory. welcome, brandon. to his right, we have glenn caroline joining us from the national rifle association. in this capacity, he will implement their grassroots program as well as the association field operations, voter operations, and we're looking at all those levels. mr....
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a senate health subcommittee will hear from healthcare professionals about the primary dr. shortage. that is here on c-span at 10 o'clock a.m. eastern. also at 10:00 a.m., on c-span3, the american enterprise institute examines how the film "zero dark thirty" petraeus enhanced interrogation by the cia. >> one cannot count the times that americans say that we're the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say. of all the countries in the world? everybody thinks their country is pretty good. why do we have to believe that we are the best? what does that mean? why do we have to assert it? what does it mean to other people who consume it? american products go around the world, information products, go around the world, so you are observed by people in every corner of the world. we teach them not to like us. gratuitously. >> author, activist, and trans africa founder randall robinson. three hours live on booktv on c- span2. >> a bipartisan group of senators is proposing changes to immigration laws, which would include a pathway to citizenship for the 11 mill
a senate health subcommittee will hear from healthcare professionals about the primary dr. shortage. that is here on c-span at 10 o'clock a.m. eastern. also at 10:00 a.m., on c-span3, the american enterprise institute examines how the film "zero dark thirty" petraeus enhanced interrogation by the cia. >> one cannot count the times that americans say that we're the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say. of all the countries in the world? everybody...
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i know the people of massachusetts care about jobs, education, a portable, high- quality healthcare. i will work with those interests in mind just as you do every day and administration. i accept this temporary post confident in the knowledge and perspective i have acquired working closely with you and the lieutenant governor. you the commonwealth should be assured that i will go to that nation capital ever mindful of what is important to the people of massachusetts. also, congratulations on john kerry to his confirmation and they can for his years of commitment and service to the people of massachusetts. -- thank him for his years of commitment and service to the people of massachusetts. i aim to continue that work in the next coming months. because the work is closely aligned with the work governor patrick has been focused on, i worked at the highest level of the administration. as chief legal counsel and chief of staff. in those roles, i have been privileged every day to hear from individuals, advocacy groups so i can better understand and act upon the opportunities and challenges
i know the people of massachusetts care about jobs, education, a portable, high- quality healthcare. i will work with those interests in mind just as you do every day and administration. i accept this temporary post confident in the knowledge and perspective i have acquired working closely with you and the lieutenant governor. you the commonwealth should be assured that i will go to that nation capital ever mindful of what is important to the people of massachusetts. also, congratulations on...
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if you look at the new jobs growth, quite a significant amount of new jobs growth is in the healthcare space. i think it is back to, how do we think about what needs to be done with respect to creating and redesigning our work force necessary to support care management, disease management, moving people who do not need to be in institutions, whether it be a nursing home or a hospital in to the community? surely more needs to be done about developing career paths, etc. but to the extent that we are bringing more people in, to the point of resisting the traditional fee-for-service model, which is the way they get paid, that is not a good thing. without taking too much time -- i think these are the kinds of discussions that really need to be held at the state level, because you want to look at the building constructions. you want to look at what has been going on. there has been an explosion of building and construction. how can we possibly deal with the overhead demands that that creates in the future if you think about reducing health-care costs? how do we think about opportunities to d
if you look at the new jobs growth, quite a significant amount of new jobs growth is in the healthcare space. i think it is back to, how do we think about what needs to be done with respect to creating and redesigning our work force necessary to support care management, disease management, moving people who do not need to be in institutions, whether it be a nursing home or a hospital in to the community? surely more needs to be done about developing career paths, etc. but to the extent that we...
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as a healthcare professional, she knows that a nation that has a pro-life law as its underpinnings is a nation that respects and supports good and meaningful health care for women. congressman black is an active member of the pro-life caucus, the house values action team and serves as vice chairman of the houses gop dr. caucus. with that, please hear her remarks. [applause] >> thank you so much. i am so inspired by the crowd that is here today. when the supreme court made the decision 40 years ago, they certainly did not do x any favors. they certainly did not do us any favors by doing it in january. despite that, the threat of snow and ice did not to chew away. thank you so much for being here today. [applause] on january 22, 1973, the date the supreme court handed down a ruling on rover sway -- roe versus wade, i was working at an emergency room in baltimore. this was a time he was still not widely accepted for women to pursue a career outside the home or own a business or run for elected office. have madeose inroads towards tender equality, abortion on demand continues to undermine
as a healthcare professional, she knows that a nation that has a pro-life law as its underpinnings is a nation that respects and supports good and meaningful health care for women. congressman black is an active member of the pro-life caucus, the house values action team and serves as vice chairman of the houses gop dr. caucus. with that, please hear her remarks. [applause] >> thank you so much. i am so inspired by the crowd that is here today. when the supreme court made the decision 40...